The Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones will venture away from home to take on the Quincy Blue Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Sacred Heart-Griffin nor Quincy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Sacred Heart-Griffin managed to slip by Normal University the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Cyclones lost 7-1 to the Pioneers on Thursday.
Sacred Heart-Griffin saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addie Malek, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Quincy fell victim to Geneseo and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the Maple Leafs, falling 16-0. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Maple Leafs recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Sacred Heart-Griffin's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Quincy, their loss dropped their record down to 11-19.
Quincy's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Sacred Heart-Griffin has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 12.6 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Quincy, though, as they've been averaging only 3.1 strikeouts. Will Sacred Heart-Griffin keep running through batters, or will the Blue Devils buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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